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1 " about two miles east of where the infant had been discarded. It was a Medicaid hospital, meaning that most of the patients were poor. Despite its location, it had a world-renowned reputation. When my baby sister, Hannah, needed some minor surgery, Rina insisted that she be taken to Mid-City instead of one of the bigger, more moneyed behemoth hospitals on the affluent west side of town. "
― Faye Kellerman , Street Dreams (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #15)
2 " when it happened, but now it appeared that she’d been even younger. The faded writing would be almost indecipherable even if it had been in English. It was going to take more than her knowledge of Yiddish to make out the text. The envelope had arrived in "
3 " showcase magnificent eyes: big and round and pale whiskey in color, set under arched black eyebrows and topped with an awning of long, dark lashes. "
4 " The paramedics told me the story.” He checked the clock, then signed a clipboard attached "
5 " solo last night. A busboy flagged down my cruiser when he heard the crying,” I said. “I was thinking about doing a door-to-door search for her mother "
6 " slightly agape, the hair pulled off the face. The woman appeared to be around forty. Even without benefit of color, he had seen enough postmortem photos to know what he was studying. “Rina, "
7 " She took the picture from him and set it back down on the table. “My grandmother.” She slipped her arms around her husband, biting his mustache "
8 " have to "
9 " Call 911.” I ran to the site and pulled out several "
10 " The positive side was the sisterly bonding, at least on my part. Hannah Rosie Decker was my only blood sibling, and they didn’t come any cuter or better than she. I adored her. Matter "
11 " the techs. Hanover said, "